business end
noun
: the end with, from, or through which a thing's function is fulfilled
the business end of a revolver
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Microsoft, which also saw its acquisition of Nokia Oyj’s mobile phone business end in failure, is far from alone in encountering rejection by a fickle consumer market.
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Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 28 Feb. 2025
Favorites Argentina and Colombia met in the final as the tournament reaches its business end in the United States with Lionel Messi’s running out winners to take the overall record outright with 16 titles.
—Ben Burrows, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
On a rainy September night, the truck rumbled onto the infield of the Rockford Speedway in Illinois, stopping with its business end about 10 feet from a junk minibus.
—John Keilman, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2023
It’s no fun being an angler caught on the business end of a fishing hook.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 4 June 2022
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Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 28 Feb. 2025
Favorites Argentina and Colombia met in the final as the tournament reaches its business end in the United States with Lionel Messi’s running out winners to take the overall record outright with 16 titles.
—Ben Burrows, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
On a rainy September night, the truck rumbled onto the infield of the Rockford Speedway in Illinois, stopping with its business end about 10 feet from a junk minibus.
—John Keilman, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2023
It’s no fun being an angler caught on the business end of a fishing hook.
—Matt Williams, Dallas News, 4 June 2022
See All Example Sentences for business end
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“Business end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20end. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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